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Got My First “Presidential” Alert Y’all

This is even more of a farce than the Bush terror threat levels. It says nothing and uses the word president to remind you we have a fascist leather scrabble bag we’re supposed to be worshipping. 0/10. Smash the state, comrades.
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This thing is worse than a spam email, unfortunately. We had a cell phone with a defunct sim card in it that somehow received this message. Makes me wonder if they’re basically testing the ability to use executive power to shut down all communication when the revolution happens.

I don’t know much about tech stuff, so correct me if i’m wrong, somebody pleeeze.
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I dont think SIM cards are required for 911 service. Ostensibly being an emergency service, this probably uses the same routes.

I didn’t get this particular notice because I have notifications for test alerts tturned off. It my be in a different area on your system but for a fairly default android build it’s uunder Setup –> select “… More” under Wireless & networks –> Emergency broadcasts –> unchecked the box near “Show ETWS test broadcasts”

Please don’t turn off anything else in there unless you fully understand what you’re doing and the scope of what those alerts are used for.

Look, it’s just a service by the TelCo which issued your simcard to let you receive messages long after you were no longer able to call anvbody. And the “conservative” (no, they don’t conserve anything) spambot just dials every possible national number.
They have no idea who you are, or what you beleive. Relax (a little).